# 1929 Washington Senators season

The 1929 Washington Senators won 71 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Walter Johnson and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 104 | 46 | .693 | — | 57‍–‍16 | 47‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 18 | 49‍–‍28 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 71 | .533 | 24 | 44‍–‍32 | 37‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Browns | 79 | 73 | .520 | 26 | 41‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Washington Senators | 71 | 81 | .467 | 34 | 37‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 70 | 84 | .455 | 36 | 38‍–‍39 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Chicago White Sox | 59 | 93 | .388 | 46 | 35‍–‍41 | 24‍–‍52 |
| Boston Red Sox | 58 | 96 | .377 | 48 | 32‍–‍45 | 26‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1929 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 5–17 | 4–18 | 11–11–1 | 10–12 |
| Chicago | 11–11 | — | 9–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 4–17 | 10–12 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 12–9 | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 7–14 | 10–12 | 14–8 |
| Detroit | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 4–18 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 |
| New York | 17–5 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 |
| Philadelphia | 18–4 | 13–9 | 14–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 | — | 11–10–1 | 16–4 |
| St. Louis | 11–11–1 | 17–4 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 10–11–1 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 4–16 | 13–9 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bennie Tate | 81 | 265 | 78 | .294 | 0 | 30 |
| 1B | Joe Judge | 143 | 543 | 171 | .315 | 6 | 71 |
| 2B | Buddy Myer | 141 | 563 | 169 | .300 | 3 | 82 |
| SS | Joe Cronin | 145 | 494 | 139 | .281 | 8 | 61 |
| 3B | Jackie Hayes | 123 | 424 | 117 | .276 | 2 | 57 |
| OF | Goose Goslin | 145 | 553 | 159 | .288 | 18 | 91 |
| OF | Sam West | 142 | 510 | 136 | .267 | 3 | 75 |
| OF | Sam Rice | 150 | 616 | 199 | .323 | 1 | 62 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Ossie Bluege | 64 | 220 | 65 | .295 | 5 | 31 |
| Muddy Ruel | 69 | 188 | 46 | .245 | 0 | 20 |
| Red Barnes | 72 | 130 | 26 | .200 | 1 | 15 |
| Roy Spencer | 50 | 116 | 18 | .155 | 1 | 9 |
| Harley Boss | 28 | 66 | 18 | .273 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlie Gooch | 39 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 5 |
| Ira Flagstead | 18 | 39 | 7 | .179 | 0 | 9 |
| Spence Harris | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuffy Stewart | 22 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Land | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Patsy Gharrity | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Firpo Marberry | 49 | 250.1 | 19 | 12 | 3.06 | 121 |
| Bump Hadley | 37 | 195.1 | 6 | 16 | 5.62 | 98 |
| Sad Sam Jones | 24 | 153.2 | 9 | 9 | 3.92 | 36 |
| Myles Thomas | 22 | 125.1 | 7 | 8 | 3.52 | 33 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Garland Braxton | 37 | 182.0 | 12 | 10 | 4.85 | 59 |
| Lloyd Brown | 40 | 168.0 | 8 | 7 | 4.18 | 48 |
| Bobby Burke | 37 | 141.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.79 | 51 |
| Ad Liska | 24 | 94.1 | 3 | 9 | 4.77 | 33 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Paul Hopkins | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 | 5 |
| Archie Campbell | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 |
| Paul McCullough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 3 |
| Walter Beall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 |
| Don Savidge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Ed Wineapple | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |